Jonas Verest

Self-supported ultra-distance cyclist from Lausanne. Won the Race Across France 2025. 10th of 392 at the Transcontinental Race No12.

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Race Across France 2025

10 July 2025

A year after my DNF, back at the Race Across France: 2,607 km from Brittany to the Mediterranean, a duel with Lucas Becker, and the win in 5 days 13 hours.

Distance: 2,607km
Result: Won
Climbing: 37,000 m
Time: 5d 13h 23m

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Swiss Ultracycling Challenge 2024

2nd · 930 km

930 km through all 26 Swiss cantons, three flat tyres in one night, a real breaking point and second place at the finish. My full SUCH 2024 story.

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Race Across France 2024

DNF · 2,029 km

I started the 2024 Race Across France to win. Two broken cranksets, a three-hour blackout near Mirepoix, and it ended in Pouzilhac, 360 km from the finish.

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Race Across Paris 2024

Won · 314 km

300 km of Race Across Paris, a strong field, a few things going wrong on the way, and a win by almost 45 minutes. My full RAP 2024 story.

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Race film

I wasn't a cyclist.

I spent twenty years as a field hockey goalkeeper: Swiss national team, professional contracts in Germany and Belgium. Then that career quietly ended, and all that energy had nowhere to go.

How I ended up here

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Results

Every race, including the ones I didn't finish.

10th of 392Transcontinental Race 20264,868 km · 48,257 m · 11d 13h 36m

WonRace Across France 20252,607 km · 37,000 m · 5d 13h 23m

DNFRace Across France 20242,029 km · 14,910 m

2026

10th of 392Transcontinental Race No1219 July 20264,868 km48,257 m climbing · 11d 13h 36m
6thRace Across France 500km26 June 2026434 km8,190 m climbing
3rdUBF Cévennes 500km5 April 2026508 km7,760 m climbing

2025

DNFSwiss Ultracycling Challenge3 September 2025452 km8,120 m climbing
WonRace Across France 2500km11 June 20252,607 km37,000 m climbing · 5d 13h 23mEN FR
WonGraval Road 600km2 May 2025598 km10,480 m climbing

Media

Radio, podcasts and press.

RTS, Swiss national radio
Radio · 27 September 2025 · FR
A long conversation about the road from the hockey goal to the front of Europe's ultra races.
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The Ultra Cycling Podcast
Video
The RAF 2025 debrief with Lucas Becker, the rider I duelled to the win.
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Ultra Talk #348
Podcast · 27 February 2025 · FR
The hard lessons of RAF 2024: ambition, knowing when to stop, and what came next.
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Article · FR
A pre-race feature: "5000 km seul à vélo: ce Lausannois s'attaque à une course folle."
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Pourquoi Pas Podcast
Podcast · 2 December 2024
The story behind my Race Across France 2024, a DNF I wouldn't trade.
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In July 2027 I go back.

Transcontinental Race No13. Spring preparation races to be announced.

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